IIPA Member E-group is Here

IIPA has an e-group for IIPA members where you can discuss Iridology and health related issues with other members of the organization.

To enroll in this e-group go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iridologyassociation and fill out the form there and we’ll get you going.

If for some reason you have a problem joining the group please send an e-mail with your name and e-mail address to dave@path-to-health.com to get added manually to the group.

In joining the IIPA e-group you agree to refrain from promoting yourself, your products and training, and to help us keep this group oriented toward learning how to better use iridology as a tool for wellness and how to be better iridologists.

IIPA LISTSERVS

IRIDOLOGYASSOCIATION is the listserv for all IIPA members and others interested in Comprehensive Iridology8. To post a message, send it to iridologyassociation@yahoogroups.com

IRIDOLOGYBOARD is the listserv for Board members only. To post a message, send it to iridologyboard@yahoogroups.com

What is IIPA LIST?

IIPALIST is the listserv discussion group administered by IIPA. Iridologyassociation@yahoogroups ,IIPALIST, is an open listserv available to IIPA members and the general public. The public is eligible to participate in this list serv.

Iridologyboard@yahoogroups is a closed listserv available only to IIPA Board of Director members.

We will be using IIPALIST to provide you with valuable and timely information in the future. For example, updates will be announced on IIPALIST as soon as they are received. On the iridologyboard listserv, notification of Board and Committee updates will be posted.

In addition to receiving information, you will still be able to post the questions that you need to have answered from your colleagues. A member of the list poses a question or reports on some piece of news. Other members may either just read it or pass along their own comments and advice. To post a message to IIPALIST, send an email message with the recipient address iridologyassociation@yahoogroups.com

How to Subscribe:

If you wish to be subscribed to on IIPA listserv, please send an email to centraloffice@iridologyassn.org requesting to be subscribed.

How to Unsubscribe:

If you wish to unsubscribe from the IIPALIST, please send an email to: iridologyassociation-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com requesting to be unsubscribed. Include your name and email address.

IIPALIST

Welcome to the IIPA listserv. This listserv is open and is automatically provided as a benefit of your IIPA membership. The policies and procedures listed below will provide you with the parameters that have been established for usage of IIPALIST. Please keep a copy of them for future reference.

From time to time, IIPA will provide important and timely updates regarding Association or other activities that impact you. You may also use the list to gather information from your colleagues on a particular subject or circumstance that you deal with in the day to day performance of your profession. We hope that you find IIPALIST a useful tool.

INTERNATIONAL IRIDOLOGY PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATON

LISTSERVE POLICIES/PRACTICES

GENERAL POLICY STATEMENT:

IIPA Lists are listserv discussion groups administered by IIPA Headquarters. The purpose of IIPALIST is to foster discussion, to provide networking to IIPA members and others, and to disseminate IIPA business information. Information provided by participants is for informational purposes only and is not to be used for research projects, books or other potentially profit making endeavors or by a non IIPA member who may use information or common practices of Association members against other members. The messages posted are the opinions of individual members and not necessarily the opinions of IIPA.

LIST ADMINISTRATION:

- IIPA Headquarters oversees the listserv

- Dave Carpenter is the List Administrator and is designated to field complaints and questions about appropriateness. Messages will not be approved before they are posted.

- Members should refer complaints of inappropriate list use to the List Administrator via email and attach a copy of the offending communication. DO NOT send the complaint to the listserv by choosing the reply function. The List Administrator will forward the complaint to the IIPA Board for consideration. The Board or its representative will review the offense. The offending party will be contacted to explain the misuse of the list and issued a warning. The Board may also sanction the offending party from the list.

MESSAGE FORMATTING:

- Sender should choose a subject that adequately describes content of message. Example: Subject: LA Times article critical of alternative care

- If sending a survey-type request over the list, the sender should request private off-list responses and post a summary of the findings to the list. Please note that the majority of responding listserv members DO NOT pay attention to this rule. Therefore, many inappropriate responses are sent back to everyone on the listserv. If there are specific questions or concerns that you feel may illicit negative or inappropriate responses, it would be best to send them directly to individuals and exclude these communications from any listserv activity.

ACCEPTABLE LISTSERV CONDUCT:

- Any discussion directly related to the practice of iridology.

- Any IIPA business.

UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT:

- Posting of any discussion regarding professional fees and third party reimbursement schedules.

- Posting of non-iridology or non-IIPA affiliated business.

- Posting of private or personal matters regardless of their relation to iridology.

- Posting of non-IIPA approved training.

- Sending test messages to the entire list.

- Jokes of any kind.

- Soliciting of personal business, selling products or advertising. An associate member may respond to a member request for supplier information off the list by sending an individual email to the requestor.

- Unprofessional and/or disparaging remarks targeted against a person or special interest group are not permitted.

- Posting spam messages , such as Junk emails, myths and urban legends.

- Posting messages on behalf of someone not permitted on the list unless prior approval from IIPA. The approval process is to contact the President and/or Executive Committee Member to make the final decision.

- Forwarding messages off the list.

- Public thank you.

- Automatic replies to the listserv are not allowed. If you plan to be out of the office for an extended time, please notify the List Administrator to temporarily remove your name from the list before placing an automatic reply on your email. Any automatic reply received by the list administrator will result in that member being temporarily unsubscribed from the list until the member contacts the list administrator. Send your request to be subscribed/unsubscribed to centraloffice@iridologyassn.org

Listserver Rules

By joining and using IIPAs e-mail lists, you agree that you have read and will follow the rules and guidelines set for these peer discussion groups. You also agree to reserve list discussions for topics best suited to the medium.

As with any community, there are guidelines governing behavior on the listservers. For instance, violating antitrust regulations, libeling others, selling, and marketing are not permissible. Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines. If you have questions, contact the list manager noted in your welcome instructions. IIPA reserves the right to suspend or terminate membership on all lists for members who violate these rules.

- Do not challenge or attack others. The discussions on the lists are meant to stimulate conversation not to create contention. Let others have their say, just as you may.

- Do not post commercial messages. The cyberspace term for this is spamming. Contact people directly with products and services that you believe would help them.

- Use caution when discussing products. Information posted on the lists is available for all to see, and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.

- All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything in a listserver message that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.

- Please note carefully all items listed in the disclaimer and legal rules below, particularly regarding the copyright ownership of information posted to the list.

- Remember that IIPA and other Email list participants have the right to reproduce postings to this listserver.

Disclaimer and legal rules

This list is provided as a service of the International Iridology Practitioners Association. IIPA accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. IIPA disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by IIPA or any third party, this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall IIPA be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.

Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal materials. Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants IIPA and users of this list the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.

Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of anothers business, orother conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate, prices,discounts orterms or conditions of sale, salaries, profits, profit margins, or cost data, market shares, sales territories, or markets, allocation of customers or territories, or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.

IIPA does not actively monitor the site for inappropriate postings and does not on its own undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to IIPAsattention, IIPA will take all appropriate action.

IIPA reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines.

Listserver etiquette

- Include a signature tag on all messages. Include your name, company, location, and Email address.

- State concisely and clearly the specific topic of the comments in the subject line. This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and makes it easier for members to search the archives by subject.

- Include only the relevant portions of the original message in your reply, delete any header information, and put your response before the original posting.

- Only send a message to the entire list when it contains information that everyone can benefit from.

- Send messages such as thanks for the information or ME TOO to individuals, not to the entire list. Do this by using your Email applications forwarding option and typing in or cutting and pasting in the Email address of the individual to whom you want to respond.

- Warn other list subscribers of lengthy messages either in the subject line or at the beginning of the message body with a line that says Long Message.

- If you are a novice email user and do not understand how to respond to individuals outside of the listserv environment, please do not use the reply key. Instead, start a new email message and send it directly to the appropriate individual not to the group as a whole.